Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV458809. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV458809, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV458809 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV458809 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV458809.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bi-section semiconductor laser device includes the steps of (A) forming a stacked structure obtained by stacking, on a substrate in sequence, a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a compound semiconductor layer that constitutes a light-emitting region and a saturable absorption region, and a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; (B) forming a belt-shaped second electrode on the second compound semiconductor layer; (C) forming a ridge structure by etching at least part of the second compound semiconductor layer using the second electrode as an etching mask; and (D) forming a resist layer for forming a separating groove in the second electrode and then forming the separating groove in the second electrode by wet etching so that the separating groove separates the second electrode into a first portion and a second portion.

Abstract: A configuration bit array including a hybrid electromechanical and semiconductor memory cell, and circuitry for addressing and controlling read, write, and erase accesses of the memory.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH779573. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH779573, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH779573 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH779573.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV258468. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV258468, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV258468 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV258468 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV258468.

Abstract: A system and a method for reprogramming a non volatile memory (NVM) portion, the method includes: receiving an initial content of an NVM portion; wherein the initial content differs from an erase content of the NVM portion; processing the previously programmed content in response to input content that should be represented by an initial content of the NVM portion; wherein the processing is characterized by a write limitation that prevents a non-erase value of a bit to be changed to an erase value; wherein the processing comprises at least one out of skip value based encoding, generating error correction information and error correction code based encoding; and writing the processed content of the NVM portion to the NVM portion.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S080104 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080104, to the plants of soybean S080104, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080104, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080104 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S080104, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080104, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S080104 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S080183 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080183, to the plants of soybean S080183, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080183, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080183 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S080183, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080183, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S080183 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A solid-state image capturing apparatus includes: a pixel array unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor that transfers charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and a charge discharging transistor that selectively discharges the charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit; and a driving unit that performs driving for reading signals from each pixel of the pixel array unit, and drives the charge discharging transistor by using a signal for the driving.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH700245. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH700245, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH700245 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH700245.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH227660. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH227660, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH227660 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH227660.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I) that are useful antimicrobial agents and effective against a variety of multi-drug resistant bacteria:

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed in a matrix fashion; a light emitting circuit provided to each pixel circuit and emitting light correspondingly to a drive current; and a detection circuit provided to a predetermined pixel circuit and outputting a signal according to a temperature that varies with luminance of the light emitting circuit.

Abstract: Silicone compositions that are cationically crosslinkable into hard, anti-mist/anti-fouling coatings, e.g., onto thermoplastic substrates, contain colloidal particles of non-functionalized silica and also: at least one crosslinkable and/or polymerizable silicone monomer, oligomer and/or polymer comprising: at least one structural unit of formula (I): Z1(R0)aSiO(3-a)/2??(I) in which: a=0, 1 or 2; the radicals R0, which may be identical or different when a>1, are each an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, vinyl, or alkoxy radical, or a hydrogen atom; the radicals Z1, which may be identical or different when the number of units of formula (I) is greater than 1, are each an organic substituent comprising at least one epoxy and/or alkenyl ether and/or oxetane and/or dioxolane and/or carbonate reactive functional group; and a total number of silicon atoms per molecule at least equal to 2; and an effective amount of at least one cationic initiator; and optionally, at least one organic solvent.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH851373. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH851373, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH851373 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH851373.

Abstract: Amino compounds are continuously prepared by hydrogenation of nitrile compounds in the presence of a catalyst, and more particularly diamines are prepared by the continuous hydrogenation of dinitrile compounds in the presence of a Raney metal catalyst and in the absence of an alcoholic solvent; the subject process includes extracting a portion of the catalyst present in the reaction medium, the extracted portion of the catalyst is submitted to a regeneration for providing a catalyst having a catalytic activity lower than that of a fresh catalyst but still high and the regenerated catalyst is recycled to the reaction medium together with fresh catalyst according to a predetermined ratio, whereby the consumption of catalyst is reduced per ton of amines produced.

Abstract: There are provided an A/D conversion circuit in which a counter is made to be capable of performing counting at both edges of a clock, up/down count values can be switched while the up/down count values are held, and the duty of the counting operation is difficult to be distorted even with the both-edge counting, a solid-state image sensor, and a camera system. An ADC 15A is configured as an integrating-type A/D conversion circuit using a comparator 151 and a counter 152. The counter 152 has a function of switching a count mode from an up count to a down count and from a down count to an up count while a value is held, a function of performing counting at both rising and falling edges of an input clock CK at a frequency two times as high as that of the input clock, and a function of latching the input clock CK in accordance with an output signal of the comparator 151 and setting non-inverted or inverted data of the latched data to be data of an LSB.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH639930. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH639930, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH639930 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH639930.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV528955. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV528955, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV528955 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV528955 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV528955.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH816791. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH816791, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH816791 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH816791.